The High Druid's Blade
- Published
- 15 July 2014
- Pages
- 386
- ISBN-13
- 9780345540713
- Type
- novel
About this book
The High Druid's Blade (July 2014, 386 pages) opens Defenders of Shannara with Paxon Leah, a young man drawn into the Druid order and forced to master the magic of his family's ancestral blade to protect his sister from a dangerous sorcerer. Set a century after the Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy, it's the first of three loosely connected novels bridging into the concluding Fall of Shannara series.
Key facts about The High Druid's Blade
The High Druid's Blade is a novel by Terry Brooks. Readers have had it since 15 July 2014. It runs to 386 pages.
Our list holds 1 edition of The High Druid's Blade. Since each edition has its own ISBN, search for 9780345540713 to find the main one.
The High Druid's Blade is book 1 of 3 in The Defenders of Shannara series. The series has 3 published books. As a result, this is the book to start the series with. It is also the latest book in the series with a full release date.
Additionally, Terry Brooks writes The Original Shannara Trilogy, The Magic Kingdom of Landover and The Heritage of Shannara, plus 9 more series. Those series sit on our epic fantasy, fantasy and urban fantasy shelves. Meanwhile, Brona is the latest published Terry Brooks book on file, from 25 August 2026.
About Terry Brooks
Terry Brooks is one of modern fantasy's most commercially important authors, best known for The Sword of Shannara (1977), which became the first work of fantasy fiction to appear on the New York Times bestseller list and proved, alongside Tolkien's continuing popularity, that there was a mass commercial audience for epic fantasy. See every Terry Brooks book in order.
Its place in The Defenders of Shannara
The High Druid's Blade is book 1 in the The Defenders of Shannara series. It is followed by The Darkling Child. See the full The Defenders of Shannara reading order.
Terry Brooks's Defenders of Shannara are three loosely connected, largely standalone novels set a century after the Dark Legacy of Shannara trilogy, written and marketed as the bridge into the concluding Fall of Shannara series. The High Druid's Blade follows Paxon Leah, a young man drawn into the Druid order and forced to master the magic of his family's ancestral blade to protect his sister from a dangerous sorcerer. The Darkling Child and The Sorcerer's Daughter continue the pattern of self-contained…
Editions
- edition · unknown publisher · — · ISBN 9780345540713